Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-04-30
4 TEMPEST.

| ahu thit BATTERED the vanity OF eN-mpr
chants and manufacturers of rice. mac
aroni, sagn etc. living in country resi-
dence, far away from the tempe-t- OF ID,
| world and vermiCclli.
| They were there for the last two mont h.
| hearing no other Voices but thrpe-firSt
| the one Of the parrot: second. the one ful
| of bitterness Of their female cook, rem
| dered sad by III. absence OF any garrison
| third, the one oi Dominic. the negro that
| they hired as lack of all trades, and whC
after all could not do anything without
breaking this or that
Those frequent accidents had caused
Nine. LahuChe 70 hate the black man, and
without his color that lady would have
discharged him long ago. She made be.
lieve she kept him through Difference 10
NJ. Iahuche. who liked the negro
Il do not know why YOU retain that I'M
beetle, said she to her husband
Il do 81 because he i y sober gentle,
easy going fellow, who eats anything"
Yes. and he wheedles YOU"
What, lie wheedles me-"
Does he not repeat without ceasing,
In all take monsieur as II models s"
Well. that is fiattering for me. but il
seems TO me that a. a man
You are irrrpruachablc."
As citizen
You vote we'll"
As huShands'
oh, for that
What for that"
II say so
And she WAS saving go because IL was
SUNDAY, when the CrouzilIons. their suc-
ces~"rS ia the macaroni business, Were
coming to dine with them ii the weather
permitted, aud because She had bought
provisions If every description: and now
il was pouring
That will be nothing" said NJ La
huche; 1T Is only passing shower"
One mas seen n shower like that pass
ing for six weeks, - replied the lady.
The cat tina, lay on her lap rose and
slowly rubbed its ears with its paws.
That ends il, said his mistress, and
She threw the animal on the floor
At this moment the noise of broken
glass was heard through the open door
What is the matter, Dominic is at
work again -
And she went to see what had been
broken. when the negro entered. walking
on his knee. pursuing bullfrog which
from an adjacent room had jumped into
the dining room. Madame monsieur I
am Knocking nG the glass bow! To make
the bullirog come up for the purpose OF
bringing rs n line day.
''lmbeCile'' cried Mime. iahuche
Madame, replied Dominic, Il have
seen monsieur doing So. and ~ i'll all
take monsieur ~ "A model ~
He was eNcusing himself without inter
rupting his hunt.
For heavens sake, catch it,' ey-
claimed the nervous woman. addressing
her husband.
And he. like Dominic, fen On his knees
and joined the negro in the pursuit OF the
frightened CatraCiau.
Never you Will catch that horror with
out me, said Nine Lehuche; who in her
turn knelt, and the trio continued the
chase.
They did not notice that the cat. his
eyes widely open. had followed the jumps
OF the hIIllirug and Ind dSanced slowly.
crouching and moving his body. a signal
of the spring Of the cat OH q living
prey.
Surrounded on three sides. the bullfroc
executed a sharp movement toward the
way left open and WAS caught by the cal,
"NN''''A- W 'S u.
Pussy ran with all his might, carving the
aquatic barometer i'll his mouth.
'Brigand of beast cried Monsieur
Lahuche, lvid with rage; my little bull
frog thai | liked SO much
'That'~ good enough for you. " answered
madame: you want cats.
r. That is too strong! Ii Is Won who
asked the Crouziilons for that cat"
1T was 10 please y0u-'
ITO please me: Have ever said a word |
about cats
Nine. Lahuche followed her thought
without answering, rs all true women |
who do not want 10 admit their wrongs.
All they may give us a cst," said she: |
''they owe us Sst, 900, Of which We shall |
never touch the last cent
What are you singing In the first |
place, they have paid us already $50, 900; |
balance, $50. .pJ0; they have just inherited |
fljo.oD. and You know that even better .
than 10 myself "
As il the good man had said nothing,
madame continued
To give a house like our own to penni- |
less people.
And she pulled the bell cord feyerishly. |
NJ. Lahuche cried: Then you do not |
what said," ard he recon-
nenced his late phrase, but he was preach |
ny in the wilderness
''Will you be so kind as TO answer mes /
Did you, YES or no, understand my
words"
What answer are You expecting from
ne:'' Again she pulled the bell cord.
If You have nothing 10 answer. why,
hen, are you speaking evil Of the Crouz-
llOns,'
"Ah' yOu bother me "
Dominic entered al that moment Nine.
.ahuche ssw him
Il hope You win have enough Of judg-
nent for stopping your abuse of NE before
he servants, she said 10 her bewildered
husband
II abuse YOU r. replied VI I.ahuche
N the eve of bursting
In order To calm himself be- went 10
irum on the window panes
Il have rJmg that bell at the least
welvc times. " said the irritated lady 10
he stupeiied negro.
Iahuche exclaimed, "Oh, twelve
ines
And madam answered bitterly: !
"That is very polite, call me liar BE- /
fore the servants"
If that Is not enough to cause man !
la hang himself" rnared Lahuche
The negro, habtuated 10 plagisrizs |!
repea-d:
Twelve timesr' II that is not enough !
10 cause man TO hang himselfr'
DO you hear,n yelled the woman. now /
frantic. lie mocks me. He is not sat |
stied with injecting the parlor with the |
smell of his dirty tobacco"
Il must respectfully inform the lady |
hat do not smoke" answered Dominic. !
She continued: With his denominations |
)f clay pipes"
But he said TO you" risked I.ahuche. |
Madame cut him short: You open the !